All School News - November 14, 2024
MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Guest Speaker Dr. Zia Lakdawalla will talk about Building Emotional Regulation Skills in Your Child on Tuesday, November 19 - all parents are invited to join, rsvp here.
The York Middle and Senior School Live & In-Concert Music Night is upcoming on Thursday, November 21.
Secure your tickets for this year’s play, Cinderella which will be presented from Thursday, November 28 to Saturday, November 30.
Middle School 14th Annual Pinewood Derby is scheduled for Monday, December 9. Please see more details below.
Career INSIGHTS from Katie Engelhart ‘05
Our Alum Katie Engelhart ‘05, who won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing, visited us today to speak to Grade 11s and 12s about her pathway post York and how her time at York prepared her. She will be presenting the same topic to the Grade 10s Careers class on Monday, November 25.
Building Emotional Regulation Skills in Your Child
Presented by Dr. Zia Lakdawalla
Parents play a critical role in a child's ability to regulate emotions. Grounded in evidence-based theory and skills, this talk will provide parents with a framework for better understanding their child's emotions and how to better support them. We will review common challenges parents face in managing their child's big emotions, and the tips and strategies that are most effective for building emotion regulation skills and resilience.
This webinar will be presented with a Junior School focus but all parents are welcome to attend.
November 19 at 7:00pm - RSVP HERE
UPCOMING EVENTS
Cinderella
Performances:
Thursday, November 28 @ 7:00pm
Friday, November 29 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, November 30 @ 2:00pm
The online box office is now open for this year's Middle and Senior School production of Cinderella!
The 14th annual Grade 7 Pinewood Derby race will take place on Monday, December 9, 2023 from 8:30am - 11:40am in the Fitness Centre at the 1320 Yonge Street campus. Students will be showcasing their car designs and testing them to find out who produced the fastest car.
Parents, guardians and members of our community will have the opportunity to watch the event in person on campus. Or the event can be viewed virtually by accessing the Zoom Livestream: (Link to be provided closer to race day)
If you are visiting the campus for the event, please ensure you enter the 1320 Yonge Street building from the main doors. Kindly sign in at reception to obtain a visitor's badge and you will be directed to the Fitness Centre.
Everyone will have the opportunity to vote for the “People’s Choice” award on race day using the this Google Form.
Schedule Overview:
8:30 - 8:45 Opening Ceremonies
9:10 - 9:40 7A Racing Heats
9:50 - 10:20 7B Racing Heats
10:35 - 11:05 7C Racing Heats
11:05 - 11:30 Finals Race with all classes
11:35 - Awards Ceremony
There are several overall and class awards including Best Design, People’s Choice and Fastest Car. Who will be crowned the new 2024 Pinewood Derby champion? Visit or view the Livestream to catch all the action as it happens.
ATHLETICS
Our Fall season has come to an end with a culminating championship won by our Varsity Boys Soccer team. Such a great Fall.
We wish good luck to our Varsity Girls Basketball team who are off to Armbrae Academy in Halifax, Nova Scotia to compete in the National CAIS tournament. Also, our Varsity Boys Volleyball team is off to Chatham, Ontario to participate in OFSAA.
We are excited to host our Raptors Community Nights. Sign ups must be completed by November 18, 2024.
Go TYS!
Mr.D
